# Magic: The Gathering Arena — user reviews > 3,762 indexed App Store user reviews of Magic by Wizards of the Coast, rated 4.60/5 from 153,227 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magic-the-gathering-arena/id1496227521/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magic-the-gathering-arena/id1496227521.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 125,706 · 4★ 12,772 · 3★ 4,273 · 2★ 2,123 · 1★ 8,353 ## What do users think of Magic? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Great way to play Magic on the go - 🎨 Excellent visual representation of the game - 💰 Generous free-to-play model - 🕹️ Smooth and intuitive gameplay - 🕰️ Convenient for players who can't meet in person **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 🕹️ Clunky UI and navigation - 💰 Aggressive monetization and pay-to-win concerns - 🔀 Rigged matchmaking and unfair shuffling algorithm - 🕰️ Slow performance on older devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Cards not working as intended - Inability to select or interact with certain game elements - Inconsistent behavior when app crashes during matches - Sync issues between mobile and desktop accounts **Most requested features** - Ability to trade or recycle unwanted cards - Improved deck building tools and organization - Support for multiplayer formats like Commander and Two-Headed Giant - Option to disable animations and speed up gameplay - Better integration between mobile and desktop versions ## Newest reviews (15 of 3,762) ### 2/5 — Too much space *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Card game shouldnt take this much space from my phone ### 3/5 — Downloads and updates are too much *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* I just dropped my rating from 4 stars to 3 because of the content updates and downloads I just downloaded 860mb yesterday and now today they want me to update and download 3.5gb like are you serious? This looks like the beginning of the end for me ### 2/5 — Borderline Unplayable on Mobile *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* I love magic and arena makes playing 1v1 easy but you probably won’t actually GET to play on this app. Between crashes, glitches, players going afk, and insane queue times, this app and server is genuinely terrible and it seems like it’s always getting worse. ### 3/5 — Update Sizes are RIDICULOUS! *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Great app! Absolutely love it! BUT im fixing to have to uninstall the app because every single update is 2GB+ every single time. I have no more storage for this app alone currently is 1# at 6.5GB of storage used fixing to increase by 3GB for 1 update ### 3/5 — Download Speed *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Love the game, but it requires an insane amount of large downloads quite frequently that take a really long time even on reliable Wi-Fi. ### 4/5 — Great game, stalling is annoying tho *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* I love this game, people are friendly and has okay pull rates, one thing is when people stall in battle and it’s SO annoying, please fix the time limit ### 4/5 — Standard Limited *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Please add a standard limited game mode so that you can play and practice with the current sets cards. It’s so frustrating that you either have to pay gems or gold to play in a limited setting, or play at a huge disadvantage in the modern standard play. ### 3/5 — Played for years *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Have played this game for years. They need a way to create value in actual paper format by having wins and gold acquired be transferred into actual card purchase. We also really need a way to go directly at a player as a friend while playing. ### 4/5 — Yugioh Convert *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Of course MtG is a good card game. Arena itself has probably the best tutorial and starter mode of any game I’ve ever played, not just TCGs. The app is solid, it’s what I would expect from a company with as many resources as Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro with only a few small UI annoyances. ### 3/5 — Great when you can play *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Every time i try to play with this app it has to be updated or download gigabytes of data. it’s very tiring. Quite fun when you get to play. ### 3/5 — Great app, but to glitchy and to much stalling *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Great app, but to glitchy and to much stalling ### 4/5 — Game Abandonera *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* There should be some mechanism to track players that quit the game when they’re losing and thus making the winning player have to wait for a timer. Perhaps some kind of question posed to the quieter to find out what caused the game to “disconnect” ### 3/5 — Gone downhill *2026-08-25, version 2026.62.20* Fantastic card game and not overly pay to win. When first came out was very easy to collect rewards and progress. The store is significantly worse and mastery pass a joke. The UI is awful, can’t even move emotes or select specific ones, clunky as hell. Took 5 years for a chat and friend challenge feature. Still no 2v2…. Horrible land distribution and RNG ### 1/5 — Not friendly for people learning a game *2026-08-25, version 2026.62.20* The fact when you get to dual colors decks, the fact that you get put against people that are running 3 to 4 colors and have significantly better cards than you. There’s nothing you can do. It’s not about skill. It’s all about cards then you guys should be ashamed of yourself for making new players trying to learn the game play against players who have been playing for years ### 1/5 — Not new player friendly *2026-08-25, version 2026.62.20* Don’t try to learn on this app. When you are working on the base decks it is going to part you up with a 3 to 4 color world beater. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ruined a classic game *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* The amount of issues with this game is absolute insanity and they have the balls to charge you money for it for all the stuff that’s in game. Fix the game or continue to face lawsuits ### 1/5 — Broken *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Nothing works. Can't create decks, as I get network/server errors any time I try to save. And since I can't create a deck, I can't play. Can't open packs - get empty messages that I assume are errors. How do I even buy anything? I don't see a store, even though there was some mention of buying Hobbit/LOTR cards. Game used to work years ago when I tried back then. Now it's completely broken. ### 1/5 — Need to remake *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Make the game so I can hold my phone comfortably when I play please. ### 1/5 — Love it normally but update broke it *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* The update I just downloaded makes the app not load, it’s just a black screen when I open it! ### 1/5 — Updates *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Feels like they update it every few days. Really annoying ### 1/5 — Terrible matchmaking *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Don’t buy anything or download, games full of lazy deck builders ### 1/5 — So, I LOVE this game but... *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* …the updates are ridiculous! How often should an app be updated? Why does it have to be updated, sometimes, multiple times a week? There has been many times where I have looked forward to playing a good match of magic, only to have the whole thought process sorted because for some reason, the app needs an update and it’s gonna take 15 or 20 minutes. I ask, why are you updating this app so often? And the most inconvenient thing is, every time you update the app. It makes me sign back into Magic like it’s the first time. Then, I have to go remember my password all over again so that I can go log into the app. This is really freaking annoying. Is there a way that you can cut back on the update? I’m going to give this game a low star review because this whole thing is so annoying. ### 1/5 — Casino *2026-08-25, version 2026.62.20* If you want to play a friendly game of magic make some friends and print the cards. This app is flooded with reward decks everyone plying trash decks for quick daily reward wins. So if you build a mythic legendary deck with all the great cards you’ll sit in the queue for 24 hours playing little asses with trash decks taking forever trying to talk into your head before you find another five color good deck one of you will get the better draw and quickly overwhelming never play the game unless you enjoy making little exploit trash decks and playing poker with turds. ### 1/5 — It is aimed at payers *2026-08-25, version 2026.62.20* The game is a loose relation to magic , the issue, if you do not pay , the algorithm pairs you against your nemesis every time. As long as you accept that it is poor its just a cheap fremium game. ### 1/5 — Worse game ever *2026-08-25, version 2026.62.20* Good luck trying to play any decent game you will gareentee get mana screw in every game you play it’s honestly ridiculous and idk why i continue to play this horrible game ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love the game but… *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Lose the new interface for deck building. It’s glitched and it’s inconvenient and generally worse than the old interface. ### 5/5 — Addicting game!! *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Super fun and endless replay with new decks and combos! Would love to see a 1v1v1 feature so I could play with more friends at once will it ever happen idk if help if I could lol ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Not a pay to win. Can grind to get gold to buy the cards you want or use wildcards you earn to get the cards you want, or can just buy packs w/ gold, etc ### 5/5 — Finally *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* After years of trying to get friends to teach me and trying to find the time now I have this. It gave me a solid concept of the game and I love it. Careful though it will consume you. ### 5/5 — Better than Masterduel *2026-08-26, version 2026.62.30* Grew up playing Yugioh and tried getting back into it with Masterduel. Absolute trash. Arena is great at onboarding new players. Most importantly, it’s fun. ### 5/5 — MTG nerd *2026-08-25, version 2026.62.20* Love playing the game IRL but here I dont have to pay crazy prices to play test a deck. The intuitivo controla are amazing and help teach you game mechanics. ### 5/5 — Works great in my Mac not on my phone *2026-08-23, version 2026.62.20* All I get is a message saying not enough disk space, I have 100 gigs free soooo… ### 5/5 — I leave the game furious every time I play. This game is absolute garbage. Won 3? Loose next 2. *2026-08-22, version 2026.62.20* Intended for people with mental handicaps and issues. (They take 1-2mins to play a land lol….) It cannot be clearly stated how much anger and frustration comes from playing this game. Fix the bugs. Garbage game. Cannot complete combos, timers and glitches. Play the same old decks every time. Boring, do not waste your time and sanity. Enjoy watching smooth brains take 10mins to choose between doing nothing and casting the single card in their hand. Not to mention, the people playing are gross; Disable emotes. This stupid game made me realize how much magic the gathering is a waste of time and I will now be selling all my cards (since 97-present). Absolute garbage ### 5/5 — Best app *2026-08-21, version 2026.62.20* Got introduced by old IT mentor/supervisor and never stopped playing years afterwards ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-08-20, version 2026.62.20* Fantastic game My only issue is not earning money in pve would be a lot cooler if u did --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*